Special Education

 

PHILOSOPHY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION 

The Delano Public School community is dedicated to meeting the educational needs and challenging the abilities of each individual.  Through the mutual teaching – learning process, all students can master essential basic skills for his/her ability level in appropriate programs of study and demonstrate increased responsibility in personal decisions and social interaction in preparation for community living. 

INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS

The focus of Delano Special Education Program is on the learner, the student.  His or her educational development toward the school’s goals is the central concern of the district.

The goal of special education shall be as follows:

“To ensure that all students with differing abilities get proper services as determined by a partnership of parents, regular education teachers and special educators to meet his/her needs in the most appropriate setting.”

 

SERVICES AND STAFF

District Wide:      

Specal Education Coordinator

Keely Swartzer    

Special Ed. Assistant

Angie Green    

Psychologist

Mark Thompson    
       
Elementary Special Education:      
Adapted Physical Education
   
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays Alyssa Ihli    
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays Tammy Mathiowetz    
Speech/Language Clinician Shannon Durick    
Developmental Delays (Early Childhood) Natalie Dinger    
Emotional Behavior Disorders LaRayne Hollander    
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays Heather Walberg    
Speech/Language Clinician Sarah Bersie    
School Social Worker Melissa Scott     
       
Middle School Special Education:      
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays      

Dev. Cognitive Delays

Jessica Nelson    
Adaptive Physical Education Kay Pederson     
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays    Claire Austin  
Learning Disabilities/Dev. Cognitive Delays Tasha Goudy    
Emotional Behavior Disorders Ginny Schuelke    
Speech/Language Clinician Mary Somers    
School Social Worker Marie Techam    
       
       
High School Special Education:      
Learning Disabilities Teri Kuperus    
Developmental Disabilities Amy Glitsas
   
Adaptive Physical Education Jamie Longstreet     
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities
   

Learning Disabilities

Laura Holmquist    

Speech and Language

Sharon Alexander    
Work-Experience Coordinator
Mild Mental Handicaps
Jacob Dorsey    
School Social Worker Marie Techam    
       
Itinerant:      
Physical Therapist Candy Gilbertson    
Audiologist Janet Lindeman    
Visually Impaired Liz Snyder     
Hearing Impaired Cheryl Minor     
Occupational Therapist Debbie Odell    
Physical and Other Health Disabilities Libby Bayuk    
Speech Language Clinician (birth to 3) Linda Rienert    
Early Childhood (Birth-3) Jeanine Sunsten